ISomalia iyizwe elincane elinabantu abangaba ngu-10 000 000, ngakho-ke ukukhetha okuhle ukwazi izwe kuyoba umuzi waseMogadishu, okuyinto inhloko-dolobha. Kulapha lapho ohamba khona angacabangela izikhumbuzo eziyingqayizivele zokwakha, amapaki alahliwe, lapho kunezinhlobo eziningi zezilwane ezingavamile.
Ngakho-ke, masijwayele. Inhloko-dolobha yaseSomalia itholakala ogwini lwase-Indian, endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-9 ngaphezu kolwandle. Kukholelwa ukuthi lena yindawo engasenyakatho ye-East Africa, lapho kukhona khona indawo elula kakhulu yemvelo. Ayaziwa ngokuqinisekile, kodwa, cishe, igama elithi "Mogadishu" linemvelaphi yasePheresiya noma yesi-Arabhu. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ngonyaka ka-900 amaSulumane ahlala eNhlonhlweni yase - Arabia aqoqa umuzi. Ngemva kwesikhashana yaba isikhungo esiyinhloko sesifunda, ngoba sasisemkhatsini wemigwaqo ebalulekile yokuhweba. Cishe yonke indawo yezwe ayiyinyumba, nokho, inhloko-dolobha yaseSomalia kanye nensimu eseduze nayo inomhlabathi ofanelekayo wemisebenzi ehlukahlukene yezolimo.
Kusukela ngo-1000, ukwanda kwezokuhweba phakathi kwamadolobha kuye kwanda, lokhu kwafaka isandla ekuthuthukiseni umnotho ngokushesha kwedolobha. Lezi idatha ziqinisekiswa yizinhlamvu zemali zaseChina, eSri Lanka naseVietnam, ezatholakala ngesikhathi sokucwaningwa kwezinto zakudala.
Eminyakeni engamakhulu amahlanu kamuva, inhloko-dolobha yaseSomalia yayingaphansi kokulawula isiPutukezi. Eminyakeni engamakhulu amathathu kamuva, i-sultan, ebusa leli dolobha, yazinikela e-Italy ukuze isetshenziswe, futhi kakade ngo-1905 leli zwe lithengi leli dolobha. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili, iBrithani yahlala kulo ngoFebruwari 1941 futhi yaqhubeka ibusa iMogadishu kuze kube ngu-1952. Futhi ngo-1960 kuphela iSomalia yaba yisizinda esizimele, kanti iMogadishu yaba idolobha elikhulu. Kuze kube manje, iMogadishu yiyona kuphela inhloko enkulu emhlabeni, lapho i-UN, ngenxa yokuthi ayikho iziqinisekiso zokuphepha, ayikwazi ukunikeza usizo lwabantu. Kusukela ngo-1991, i-Mogadishu ibilokhu iphakathi kwempi eqhubekayo kanye nendawo engavamile kakhulu e-Afrika. Ngakho-ke, iholide eSomalia, eMogadishu, ingaba yingozi kakhulu.
Ngokuqinisekile, izinkathi zomlando eziyinhloko ziye zathola ukucabangela kwazo ezintweni ezisekhona kuze kube yilolu suku. Isibonelo singaba yiNdlu yaseGares, eyakhiwe ngekhulu le-19 nguSultan waseZanzibar. Njengamanje, kunemyuziyamu enemibukiso engavamile evumela ukuthi ukwazi isiko lendawo kanye nemtapo wolwazi. Inhloko-dolobha yaseSomalia ineNdlu kaZwelonke kanye nokuhlala komongameli - izakhiwo zanamuhla eziheha abavakashi.
Abathandi bomklamo bazoba nesithakazelo ezindaweni ezincane zomuzi, ezimelelwe izindlu ezimibalabala ezenziwe ngesitayela sase-Afro-Arab. Emadongeni ezinye izakhiwo kukhona namaphethini ezinkathi zasendulo, futhi amagceke azungezwe yizinto eziningi ezimilayo, emthunzini ongafihla ekushiseni. Ngeshwa, izindlu eziningi zisesimweni esinqabekile.
I-Peninsula yaseSomalia inezinye izikhawuko - imakethe engalawuliwe eMpumalanga Afrika - iMakethe ye-Baccarat. Lapha ungathenga konke ngaphandle kwamabhanana, ilayisi, neminye imikhiqizo. Amadokhumende amanga, izikhali, izidakamizwa emakethe zitholakala ngokukhululekile.